From Rethymno: Full-Day Knossos And Heraklion with free time
Description
Take a 1-day bus excursion from Rethymno to Knossos, and visit the Palace of Knossos, the Archaeological Museum, the city of Heraklion and more!After we pick you up from your hotel at our pick up points our escort will fill you in with imformation about our trip.Upon arrival at the Palace of Knossos you will have about 2 hours free time.Entrance fee for Knossos Palace and Archeological museum : 16€ (children up to 12 years pay 8 euros). To be paid upon arrival.After our tour in Knossos we drive you to the city center of Heraklion where you have time to visit either the archaeological museum of Heraklion or have lunch and admire the capital of Crete. You have approximately 2 hours free time.While returning we will make a 20 minute stop for a refreshment and then we will be back at Rethymno about 18:30 p.m
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Itinerary
Enjoy a 1-day bus excursion from Rethymno to Knossos. Visit the Palace of Knossos, the Archaeological Museum, the city of Heraklion and more. Following pick-up from your hotel in Rethymno approximately 08:00, travel along the northern coast of Crete by comfortable bus. Make your way to the archaeological site of Knossos, where King Minos built his palace. Get a 2-hour guided tour of the monument, designed by Daedalus in such an intriguing way that no visitor was said to find their way out without the help of a guide! Journey through the incredible history of King Minos and the Minoan civilization, and hear about some of the legends of Crete at what was once the island's largest palace.
Afterward, rejoin the bus which will bring you to the heart of the capital city of Crete, Heraklion. Take the chance to visit the archaeological museum, where you can see and learn about the Minoan period while accompanied by your guide. Finally, enjoy 2 hours of free time to explore the busy and lively city of Heraklion, have Cretan lunch, and drink Raki.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Departure Point: • Hotel pick-up (in Panormo, Scaleta, Adele, Platanias, Missiria, Rethymno town Sfakaki, Stavromenos and Atsipopoulo) You'll receive specific pickup information in a separate email from the local partner (please check your spam folder). All the pick ups from Rethymno old Town will be from the bus stop of church of four martyrs (4 martyres church).
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Seats are assigned by the theater box office and will not be known in advance of the performance date
- At the time of booking please mention your hotel name and location. You will be notified by email about the pickup point and time
- Pickup begins up to 60 minutes before tour starts and is done from central meeting points near the hotels, only in the areas of Panormo, Scaleta, Adele, Platanias, Missiria, Rethymno town and Atsipopoulo
- Infants will be seated with their parents on the bus and will not have their own seat
- This option includes guide ONLY on the bus
Reviews(28)
Excellent tour, can recommend. It is more like a transfer with tour operator. There are no guided tours on the spots, unless you book one from others. The tour operator does some explanations and a bit of history telling on the bus. Heraklion museum is great, can recommend historical museum too. Knossos is excellent and must see spot, be warned, it is very hot with few shaded places. But you can cool down a bit in the museum afterwards. Heraklion could have been 1 hour less for my feeling, time at Knossos is fine. (2 hours).
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I feel as though this tour was amazing besides the false advertisement about hotel “pick up and drop off.” They in fact DO NOT pick you up or drop you off at a hotel - they make you walk to an undisclosed location that they dont send out til less than 24 hours before. They also are notorious for being late despite asking you to arrive to the station 10 minutes early. The itinerary was changed when we arrived compared to what we booked - but it actually ended up being better than the original plans. It is important to note this tour is in English German and French so you will hear the speaker on the bus the whole entire time - there is no silence on the drive. Other than that the tour was super fun loved seeing Herkalion and the palace. Wish it was actually a guided tour like it is advertised as cuz the bus driver makes it very clear he is not a guide just there to give information Kinda passive aggressively too
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Safe transportation, nice recommendations from the driver, enough time to see the Knossos Palace and Iraklion, had to go fast in the Archeological Museum but still a great experience and tour
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Great to have time to see and do what I wsnted. The idea of this tour is really just a transfer to heriklion and Knossos but that suited me
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Nobody turned up to collect us at the agreed location. When I called the operator I was given a new location ten minutes away. When we arrived there there was still no bus waiting, and when I tried to contact them again, my call wasn’t answered, and I was just sent a text saying that we were too late.
hello olivia smith at the same pick up point we collect this day only 14 persons because this pick up is the main pick up of the old town of rethymno.you was not there that's why nobody pick you up.and you don't call to the emergency call but to the office and the office was closed this time if you had call the emergency mobile maybe we will find you and you will be at the tour
Good trip I would recommend it to others, bus driver & the guide ( George) very professional & helpful. My family enjoyed the experience. Pick up & was 5 minutes from hotel no issues.
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Excellent guide who spoke English, French, German and Italian. Very informative. Visited Herkalion city for 4 hours, great shopping and restaurants and short drive to Knossos Palace for 2 hours. Very enjoyable and would recommend
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I don't have a memorable experience as we didn't end up going. An email was sent to us stating the pick up point 2 days before the event. We turned up in plenty of time. No bus. We rang and were told that the pick up point was actually across the road and therefore we had missed the bus. We were told we could get a taxi! We sent a screen shot to a WhatsApp number verifying the pick up point we had, no response. Messaged again, no response. Very disappointed to say the least.
we sent to you 2 days before all the details and google map to catch the bus.when the bus left and you lose the bus we cannot do something for you
It was a great trip to both Knossos and Heraklion. The guide was really informative, we had a good amount of time at both locations, and I would definitely recommend this trip.
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Very well organised, tour guide was amazing and very informative. 4 hours of free time in Heraklion, just enough time to visit the museum and have a good look round Heraklion, and 2 hours in Knossos.
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